Frederick | |||||
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Prince of Hohenzollern | |||||
Head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern | |||||
Predecessor | William | ||||
Successor | Frederick William | ||||
Born |
Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany |
30 August 1891||||
Died | 6 February 1965 Krauchenwies, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
(aged 73)||||
Spouse | Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony | ||||
Issue | Princess Maria Antonia Princess Maria Adelgunde Princess Maria Theresia Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern Prince Franz Josef Prince Johann Georg Prince Ferfried |
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House | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||
Father | William, Prince of Hohenzollern | ||||
Mother | Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
Full name | |
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German: Friedrich Viktor Pius Alexander Leopold Karl Theodor Ferdinand |
Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern (German: Friedrich Viktor Pius Alexander Leopold Karl Theodor Ferdinand Fürst von Hohenzollern) (30 August 1891, in Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 6 February 1965, in Krauchenwies, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was the eldest son of William, Prince of Hohenzollern and Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He had a twin brother, Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden, who was born a few minutes after he was.
He married Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony, daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany, on 2 June 1920 in Schloss Sibyllenort, Silesia, Germany. Margarete's sister Princess Maria Alix of Saxony simultaneously married his twin brother, Francis Joseph.
Frederick and Margarete Karola had seven children:
In 1948, soon after the deposition of king Michael of Romania the line of succession was discussed during a meeting between Michael, his uncle Prince Nicholas of Romania, and Prince Frederick. Shortly after this meeting, the spokesman of King Carol II, in an interview with the French paper Le Figaro, expressed his strong support for Prince Frederick, additionally asserting that Michael would never regain the throne.